Fender Custom Shop 1960 Time Machine Heavy Relic Precision Bass - Aged Black

Classic 1960s P Bass Sound and Style
Get the look and sound of a well-loved Fender 1960 Precision Bass, without the collector's market price tag, with the Fender Custom Shop 1960 Time Machine Heavy Relic Precision Bass. This amazing P Bass features the 1960 oval "C" neck carve many of the bass players here at Sweetwater consider the perfect balance of heft and comfort. The relic'd treatment and aging process Fender's Custom Shop put into this 1960 P Bass gives it the reassuring feel of a well-loved and heavily-gigged bass. You'll feel like you're welcoming an old friend when you pick up this Fender Custom Shop 1960 Time Machine Heavy Relic Precision Bass.














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Genius in the details
With the Fender Custom Shop 1960 Time Machine Heavy Relic Precision Bass, there's genius in the details. This remarkable guitar's beauty, tone, and playability are no accident. Originally sporting a noncontoured "slab" body at its 1951 launch, the Precision received its first makeover for the '54/'55 model year, gaining the comfortable Stratocaster-like body contours we know and love. Then, there's the satisfyingly chunky quartersawn maple neck crowned by a vintage-style rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. But in a nod to modern player preferences, this 'board has a 9.5" radius and 20 medium-jumbo frets. And pumping out that classic beefy growl is a hand-wound Custom Shop split-coil '62 P Bass pickup.




Painstaking vintage accuracy
For the 1960 Time Machine Heavy Relic Precision Bass, Fender Custom Shop artisans referenced several original '60s models and exhaustively analyzed them to ensure a painstaking level of vintage accuracy. Every facet of the original instruments — including minute details, such as curves, perimeters, radii, and more — was examined, measured, evaluated, and ultimately incorporated into this amazing instrument. It's a highly playable, eminently musical-sounding re-creation of an iconic instrument that changed music forever.




The Heavy Relic treatment
Fender Custom Shop's Relic treatment starts with a period-correct nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Nitro finishes allow the guitar to breathe. Not only do they look authentically vintage — they also enhance the instrument's tonal qualities. Relic'd guitars are then put through the aging process, giving you an axe that looks and feels like it has seen over four decades of front-line action. Without sneaking a look at the neck heel stamps, you'd be hard-pressed to distinguish the Fender Custom Shop 1960 Time Machine Heavy Relic Precision Bass from the real deal.




Fender Custom Shop 1960 Time Machine Heavy Relic Precision Bass Features:

1960-style P Bass with Heavy Relic finish
Quartersawn maple neck with 1960 P Bass Oval C profile
Rosewood fretboard with modern 9.5" radius and 20 medium-jumbo frets
Handwound '62 P Bass split-coil pickup
Vintage-style bridge and tuners
Includes hard case, strap, and Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity






Tech Specs

Body Shape: Time Machine Precision Bass
Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
Number of Strings: 4
Color: Aged Black
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Heavy Relic
Body Material: 2-piece Alder
Neck Material: Tinted Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape: 60 Oval C
Radius: 9.5"
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
Number of Frets: 20, Medium Jumbo
Scale Length: 34"
Nut Width: 1.75"
Nut Material: Bone
Bridge/Tailpiece: 4-saddle Vintage-style
Tuners: Vintage-style
Middle Pickup: Hand-wound '62 P-bass Split Single-coil
Controls: 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
Strings: NPS, .045-.105
Case Included: Hardshell Case
Manufacturer Part Number: 923-5000-854



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